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the city of plymouth itself, however, 90% of the homes and businesses are without power. so it is the sun is coming up, it's going to be a very long day for bostonians, but for now, people are staying home and staying off the roads and officials hope it stays that way. poppy, back to you in providence. >> reporter: absolutely, susan. i've been standing out here for far too many hours, folks. it's very cold, and there's plenty of snow for a while for you to play in. so don't worry about getting out. i want to take our viewers to the extreme weather center in atlanta to alexandra steele who has an eye on the entire situation. alexandra, what are you seeing? >> good morning, poppy. well, where poppy is, things are going to come to an end. beginning in new york city this morning. so let's just show you what we've seen thus far. hamden, connecticut, in new haven county, 34 inches of snow. madison right along the shoreline on 95, 32 inches, in new jersey, 15, worcester, massachusetts, 10, new haven at 24, islip, 11 inches and in new york city at central park, 8 inches thus far.
the city of plymouth itself, however, 90% of the homes and businesses are without power. so it is the sun is coming up, it's going to be a very long day for bostonians, but for now, people are staying home and staying off the roads and officials hope it stays that way. poppy, back to you in providence. >> reporter: absolutely, susan. i've been standing out here for far too many hours, folks. it's very cold, and there's plenty of snow for a while for you to play in. so don't worry about...
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. >> reporter: briefly knocking out electricity to the nuclear power plant in plymouth and leaving hundreds of thousands without lights. these two were lucky. you did not lose power all night. >> no. >> reporter: how was it? >> it was fine. we watched a couple movies and went to sleep. >> reporter: travel severely impacted. no one on the roads. airports in boston and new york shut down. more than 5,000 flights canceled. >> reporter: deb, thank you. i told you about the power issues here. one of the men taking charge and trying to fix it all is steve perry. he's the public safety commissioner. he joins us now. thanks for taking the time out. biggest question for folks here in providence and across rhode island -- when is their power going to get back on. i know you've had progress this morning. >> yes. we're working with the national grid, our electrical company. we've got to open these roads in order for them to get in and restore power. so that's a priority. we ask people to stay off the roads here in providence as the governor has in the state of rhode island. that gives us an ability to
. >> reporter: briefly knocking out electricity to the nuclear power plant in plymouth and leaving hundreds of thousands without lights. these two were lucky. you did not lose power all night. >> no. >> reporter: how was it? >> it was fine. we watched a couple movies and went to sleep. >> reporter: travel severely impacted. no one on the roads. airports in boston and new york shut down. more than 5,000 flights canceled. >> reporter: deb, thank you. i told you...
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we mentioned the plymouth nuclear plant. they lost power as well. they're on generators, but 90% of the area around them is without power as a result. cold and windy. a long ways to go. even once the bands kick out of here, we could potentially see some of the record snowfall, bument we'll be dealing with the wind blowing the snow around. >> as you point out, the power outages, right? so we're saying half a million in the region. these are customers. this isn't necessarily people. these are homes. that number, it's a huge, huge number when you try to really wrap your arms around it. i'm glad it's just you and another tv crew and no one else really getting pelted in your eyeballs. thank you for taking one for the team. we'll come back for you for us in boston. want to keep this moving because i want to take you to new york and talk about travel because the blizzard obviously making travel very difficult for a lot of people. down right impossible, actually, for others. the new york knicks, for example, basketball team, stuck tonight in minneapolis bec
we mentioned the plymouth nuclear plant. they lost power as well. they're on generators, but 90% of the area around them is without power as a result. cold and windy. a long ways to go. even once the bands kick out of here, we could potentially see some of the record snowfall, bument we'll be dealing with the wind blowing the snow around. >> as you point out, the power outages, right? so we're saying half a million in the region. these are customers. this isn't necessarily people. these...
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and we're now hearing that the plymouth nuclear power plant is also out of power, but they are on backgenerators so they're not saying it's an emergency, but 90 pe 90% of the area around the power plant without power as well. hurricane force winds, heavy, wet snow, and this is going be here for a while, even when this starts to back out of here by tomorrow, these winds are still going to be blowing. all the fresh snow on the ground will continue to do this. >> all right, weather geek. we appreciate you enjoying yourself out there. we'll keep coming back to you. you mentioned the wind, the power outages. want to give you an update on some of the folks we heard were trapped on the long island expressway. here is what we know, from suffolk county confirming crews are clearing off the cars around exit 59 and 63. a spokesman confirmed there have been people stuck in the cars and he doesn't know how many, and as far as he knows there are no medical emergencies besides being stuck and not being able to get off the expressway. want to take you back to boston, to actually, full transparency, a dear frien
and we're now hearing that the plymouth nuclear power plant is also out of power, but they are on backgenerators so they're not saying it's an emergency, but 90 pe 90% of the area around the power plant without power as well. hurricane force winds, heavy, wet snow, and this is going be here for a while, even when this starts to back out of here by tomorrow, these winds are still going to be blowing. all the fresh snow on the ground will continue to do this. >> all right, weather geek. we...
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. >> reporter: electricity to the nuclear power plant in plymouth, massachusetts, knocked out briefly while hundreds of thousands of people spent the night without light or heat. these two were lucky. you did not lose power all night. how was it? >> it was fine. we watched a couple of movies and went to sleep. >> reporter: travel severely impacted. no one on the roads. airports in boston, new york, and elsewhere, out of operation. more than 5,000 flights canceled. >> and ashleigh banfield joins me now from fairfield, connecticut. i heard you on the phone. it was a white-knuckle drive just to get you there. >> reporter: marty savidge, do you know how long it took me to get to this town from where i live which is typically about a 15-minute drive? it took one hour and 45 minutes. i spent about 45 of those minutes right at the exit. when the governor says don't drive, the governor means what he says. it's really stupid for anyone else -- i was single file on 95 with a bunch of yahoos who shouldn't have been there passing wreck after wreck after wreck. not only that, very few plays could
. >> reporter: electricity to the nuclear power plant in plymouth, massachusetts, knocked out briefly while hundreds of thousands of people spent the night without light or heat. these two were lucky. you did not lose power all night. how was it? >> it was fine. we watched a couple of movies and went to sleep. >> reporter: travel severely impacted. no one on the roads. airports in boston, new york, and elsewhere, out of operation. more than 5,000 flights canceled. >> and...
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it was that blue area over there, then over plymouth, now about ready to get into boston proper. providence, hartford, just about ready to get to hartford, a couple of lightning strikes through there. we talked about there could be thunder snow, now we know there is thunder snow. we lightning bolts on this map over brook haven. if you see it, it flashes, you don't know what that was, is that a power failure? all of a sudden you hear the boom. and it is kind of a muffled boom. but it's out there. thunder snow tonight means there's so much air going up and down, shear coming in, like using your feet with leather shoes, put example it on the carpet and turning your brother. you can get a good shock. that's how mother nature does it. 23 million people right now in blizzard warnings and still more to come. probably 2 to 3 more inches in new york city before it's all done. >> we'll watch it together with you, chad. >>> coming up, our planet is in for a close encounter next week. an as trade half the size of a football field. anything to worry about? we'll show you what to expect next.
it was that blue area over there, then over plymouth, now about ready to get into boston proper. providence, hartford, just about ready to get to hartford, a couple of lightning strikes through there. we talked about there could be thunder snow, now we know there is thunder snow. we lightning bolts on this map over brook haven. if you see it, it flashes, you don't know what that was, is that a power failure? all of a sudden you hear the boom. and it is kind of a muffled boom. but it's out...
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so, we're expecting to see the snow pile up in plymouth and five to nine inches expected. boston a half foot or snow and then that heavy snow extending to maine. winter storm warnings here and then on up the coast, we're talking about blizzard warnings. that means limited visibility, less than a quarter of a mile. so, basically, down to zero in some spots. the problem, the culprit, these gusty winds caused by that deepening area of low pressure. so, we're going to continue to see those gusts to 50 miles per hour through tonight and still tomorrow morning on the gusty side on monday morning, president's day morning around 35 miles per hour in boston. look at the wind chill factors here in the single digits and down below in some of these spots. boston currently at 5 degrees. bundle up there. it's not just the northeast. check out florida. these are the current wind chill factors. it feels like 23 in jacksonville. 25 in ocala and even down in the southern tip of florida right now. it is close to freezing here and ft. pierce at 44 degrees, christi. put away the bikinis and la
so, we're expecting to see the snow pile up in plymouth and five to nine inches expected. boston a half foot or snow and then that heavy snow extending to maine. winter storm warnings here and then on up the coast, we're talking about blizzard warnings. that means limited visibility, less than a quarter of a mile. so, basically, down to zero in some spots. the problem, the culprit, these gusty winds caused by that deepening area of low pressure. so, we're going to continue to see those gusts to...